Month: July 2019

31JUL19: Nickolaus Darsch has joined Ultimus Fund Solutions as senior vice president, business development. Prior to Ultimus, he held multiple roles within SS&C Technologies (including predecessor firms DST Systems, ALPS and Boston Financial Data Services) in sales, strategic relationship management, product and research groups.

30JUL19: Citi is merging its equities and prime, futures and securities services business lines. The motivation, in part, is in reaction to increasing client demand for end-to-end solutions supporting pre-trade, execution and post-trade. The new organisation – Equities and Securities Services (ESS) – will include broad trading and execution capabilities for electronic and complex structured…

29JUL19: IQ-EQ (formerly SGG Group), the Luxembourg-based administrator, has acquired Peru & Partners, a Paris-based consulting firm and fund administrator dedicated to the private equity market. The acquisition adds to IQ-EQ’s existing Paris-based business, Equitis. Established in 2009 by its principal, Sebastien Peru, the business will add fund administration, CFO services, GP and portfolio company…

25JUL19: Northern Trust has established a dedicated options trading desk within its institutional brokerage business. The Chicago-based options desk provides institutional clients globally with options trading and streamlined reporting for prime brokerage. Options trading at Northern Trust is offered through an agency model with no principal trading operation. Northern Trust executes more than USD350bn notional…

23JUL19: U.S. Bank has been appointed as depositary services provider for the Leadenhall UCITS ILS Fund PLC. In this role, U.S. Bank will provide asset safekeeping, fiduciary oversight and cash monitoring to Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP. Through its global fund services business, U.S. Bank will also act as the principal administrator of fund accounting, financial…

23JUL19: Northern Trust has been appointed by Hermes Investment Management to provide currency management services for its Irish fund range. Ian Kennedy, COO, Hermes Investment Management, said: “Northern Trust have been able to automate our sophisticated currency management investment process and deliver comprehensive reporting and analytics for us. This has increased operational efficiency and enhanced…